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61397

	registered interest
	date	11/06/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Passports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for (a) new passports and (b) passport renewals there have been in the last year; and what the annual change in such figures has been.
	tabling member constituency	Dudley North
	tabling member printed	Ian Austin
	uin	200217
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>During the period between 1 June 2013 and 31 May 2014, Her Majesty's Passport Office <br />received <del class="ministerial">1,446,983</del> <ins class="ministerial">1,425,885</ins> first time passport applications and <del class="ministerial">4,528,751</del> <ins class="ministerial">4,461,343</ins> passport <br />renewal applications.<br /><br />This compares with 1,346,246 first time applications and 4,036,267 passport <br />renewal applications during the period between 1 June 2012 and 31 May 2013.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 08/07/2014 14:03:02 question first ministerially corrected 02/09/2014 14:35:59 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 8681 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	1511 label Biography information for Lord Austin of Dudley

58547

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Passports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many passport (a) applications and (b) renewal applications were received by the Passport Office in each (i) month and (ii) year of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	North Ayrshire and Arran
	tabling member printed	Katy Clark
	uin	199406
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The following table provides the requested information.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 30/06/2014 16:15:43 question first ministerially corrected 02/09/2014 15:04:09 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire attachment 1 file name PQ-199406 Katy Clark table[1].doc title Applications for passports and renewals V2 previous answer version 6842 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire attachment 1 file name PQ-199406 Katy Clark table.doc title Applications for passports and renewals
	tabling member	1590 label Biography information for Baroness Clark of Kilwinning

100214

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Frontex
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether any (a) request by the UK to participate in the activities of Frontex and (b) any offer by the UK to make its expertise and facilities available to Frontex has been refused by the Management Board of Frontex in the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Esher and Walton
	tabling member printed	Mr Dominic Raab
	uin	211292
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>The UK does not participate fully in Frontex by virtue of its decision not to join the external borders part of Schengen agreement. The Frontex Regulation was nevertheless drafted in such a way to require Frontex to facilitate operational cooperation between the UK and Member States on a case by case basis (Article 12(1) of the Frontex Regulation). The nature of Frontex lends itself to UK involvement on a case by case basis.<br><br>As a result there have been no occasions within the last five years when the Management Board of Frontex has refused an offer made by the UK to make its expertise and facilities available for Frontex activities.<br><br>Over the last five years, the UK has provided experts in air borders, returns and fraudulent documents as well as debriefers, interpreters, screeners and a heartbeat detector with operator.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 27/10/2014 12:22:42 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 24153 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab

100215

	registered interest
	date	21/10/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Frontex
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assistance the UK has provided to Frontex operations in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Esher and Walton
	tabling member printed	Mr Dominic Raab
	uin	211298
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/10/2014 answer text <p>The UK does not participate fully in Frontex by virtue of its decision not to join the external borders part of Schengen agreement. The Frontex Regulation was nevertheless drafted in such a way to require Frontex to facilitate operational cooperation between the UK and Member States on a case by case basis (Article 12(1) of the Frontex Regulation). The nature of Frontex lends itself to UK involvement on a case by case basis.<br><br>As a result there have been no occasions within the last five years when the Management Board of Frontex has refused an offer made by the UK to make its expertise and facilities available for Frontex activities.<br><br>Over the last five years, the UK has provided experts in air borders, returns and fraudulent documents as well as debriefers, interpreters, screeners and a heartbeat detector with operator.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 27/10/2014 12:23:23 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 24152 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab

57848

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Passports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what proportion of passport applications have been dealt with within the target timescale in each of the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Cathy Jamieson
	uin	198919
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p>Expected service standards for passport applications are given at <br>www.gov.uk.<br><br>Information in respect of the Member's constituency is not available and the <br>cost of collating it would be disproportionate.<br><br>The table below shows the proportions of UK passport applications in each of <br>the last 12 months which have been processed within the published service <br>standards.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p>% straightforward applications processed within the published timescales</p></td><td><p>% non-straightforward applications processed within the published timescales</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td><td><p>97.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td><td><p>96.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td><td><p>96.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td><td><p>96.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td><td><p>95.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November</p></td><td><p>99.99%</p></td><td><p>96.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December</p></td><td><p>99.99%</p></td><td><p>96.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>January</p></td><td><p>99.99%</p></td><td><p>96.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February</p></td><td><p>99.98%</p></td><td><p>98.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March</p></td><td><p>99.95%</p></td><td><p>96.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April</p></td><td><p>98.59%</p></td><td><p>99.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May</p></td><td><p>92.26%</p></td><td><p>93.9%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 03/07/2014 13:18:34 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 67 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	4011 label Biography information for Cathy Jamieson

57849

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Passports: Kilmarnock
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for passports have been made by residents in Kilmarnock and Loudoun in each of the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Cathy Jamieson
	uin	198916
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p>Expected service standards for passport applications are given at <br>www.gov.uk.<br><br>Information in respect of the Member's constituency is not available and the <br>cost of collating it would be disproportionate.<br><br>The table below shows the proportions of UK passport applications in each of <br>the last 12 months which have been processed within the published service <br>standards.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p>% straightforward applications processed within the published timescales</p></td><td><p>% non-straightforward applications processed within the published timescales</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td><td><p>97.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td><td><p>96.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td><td><p>96.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td><td><p>96.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td><td><p>95.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November</p></td><td><p>99.99%</p></td><td><p>96.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December</p></td><td><p>99.99%</p></td><td><p>96.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>January</p></td><td><p>99.99%</p></td><td><p>96.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February</p></td><td><p>99.98%</p></td><td><p>98.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March</p></td><td><p>99.95%</p></td><td><p>96.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April</p></td><td><p>98.59%</p></td><td><p>99.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May</p></td><td><p>92.26%</p></td><td><p>93.9%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 03/07/2014 13:16:57 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 66 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	4011 label Biography information for Cathy Jamieson

57850

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Passports
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the target time is for dealing with passport applications.
	tabling member constituency	Kilmarnock and Loudoun
	tabling member printed	Cathy Jamieson
	uin	198915
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Expected service standards for passport applications are given at <br>www.gov.uk.<br><br>Information in respect of the Member's constituency is not available and the <br>cost of collating it would be disproportionate.<br><br>The table below shows the proportions of UK passport applications in each of <br>the last 12 months which have been processed within the published service <br>standards.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p>% straightforward applications processed within the published timescales</p></td><td><p>% non-straightforward applications processed within the published timescales</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>June</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td><td><p>97.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>July</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td><td><p>96.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>August</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td><td><p>96.4%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>September</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td><td><p>96.0%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>October</p></td><td><p>100%</p></td><td><p>95.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>November</p></td><td><p>99.99%</p></td><td><p>96.5%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>December</p></td><td><p>99.99%</p></td><td><p>96.3%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2014</strong></p></td><td> </td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p>January</p></td><td><p>99.99%</p></td><td><p>96.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>February</p></td><td><p>99.98%</p></td><td><p>98.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>March</p></td><td><p>99.95%</p></td><td><p>96.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>April</p></td><td><p>98.59%</p></td><td><p>99.6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>May</p></td><td><p>92.26%</p></td><td><p>93.9%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 03/07/2014 13:19:39 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 65 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	4011 label Biography information for Cathy Jamieson

58054

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Marriage of Convenience
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many marriages were reported to the Home Office as suspicious or sham in each year since 2009.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	199064
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Sections 24 and 24A of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 place a duty on <br>registration officers to submit a report to the Home Office where they have <br>reasonable grounds to suspect that a marriage or civil partnership is a sham <br>being entered into for immigration purposes. Table 1 shows the <br>number of section 24/24A reports received in each year since 2009. Same sex <br>marriages only came into effect this year there is therefore no data relating <br>to this period, or for civil partnerships before 2011.<br><br><br><br>The Home Office Intelligence Management System (IMS) records allegations from <br>the public regarding immigration-related offences. Since 30 September 2012 we <br>have recorded the following numbers of reports relating to sham marriage as set <br>out in Table 2. <br>These figures relate to reports identified by the public as possible sham <br>marriage.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Table 1</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of section 24/24A reports </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Of which refer civil partnerships</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2009</strong></p></td><td><p>561</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p>934</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p>1,741</p></td><td><p>28</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p>1,891</p></td><td><p>28</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p>2135</p></td><td><p>25</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Table 2</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of reports relating to sham marriage recorded on IMS </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012 (from 30 September)</strong></p></td><td><p>984</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p>6909</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Staffordshire Moorlands answering member printed Karen Bradley question first answered 18/06/2014 15:56:08 answering member 4110 label Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley previous answer version 79 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

58055

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Marriage of Convenience
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many marriages reported as suspicious or sham were (a) same sex marriages, (b) heterosexual marriages and (c) civil partnerships in each year since 2009.
	tabling member constituency	Leicester East
	tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
	uin	199065
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Sections 24 and 24A of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 place a duty on <br>registration officers to submit a report to the Home Office where they have <br>reasonable grounds to suspect that a marriage or civil partnership is a sham <br>being entered into for immigration purposes. Table 1 shows the <br>number of section 24/24A reports received in each year since 2009. Same sex <br>marriages only came into effect this year there is therefore no data relating <br>to this period, or for civil partnerships before 2011.<br><br><br><br>The Home Office Intelligence Management System (IMS) records allegations from <br>the public regarding immigration-related offences. Since 30 September 2012 we <br>have recorded the following numbers of reports relating to sham marriage as set <br>out in Table 2. <br>These figures relate to reports identified by the public as possible sham <br>marriage.</p><p> </p><p>Table 1</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of section 24/24A reports </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Of which refer civil partnerships</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2009</strong></p></td><td><p>561</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010</strong></p></td><td><p>934</p></td><td> </td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011</strong></p></td><td><p>1,741</p></td><td><p>28</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012</strong></p></td><td><p>1,891</p></td><td><p>28</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p>2135</p></td><td><p>25</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Table 2</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of reports relating to sham marriage recorded on IMS </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012 (from 30 September)</strong></p></td><td><p>984</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013</strong></p></td><td><p>6909</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 18/06/2014 16:02:15 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 80 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

58200

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2014
	answering body	Home Office
	answering dept id	1
	answering dept short name	Home Office
	answering dept sort name	Home Office
	hansard heading	Human Trafficking: Albania
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, from what region of Albania the women referred to the victim support scheme operated by the Salvation Army in (a) February 2014 and (b) April 2014 came from; what evidence from cluster data she has to explain why most of them were pregnant when they were discovered in the UK; what steps she is taking to prevent access to the UK without the necessary visas by such Albanian nationals; and if she will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
	tabling member printed	Graham Evans
	uin	198784
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Home Office and Ministry of Justice jointly fund a national support service for adult victims of human trafficking in England and Wales. This contract is delivered <br>by The Salvation Army. The service is open to potential adult victims of human trafficking (including those from Albania), identified through referral to the National Referral Mechanism (NRM). The Salvation Army and its sub-contractors work with victims of human trafficking from the moment they are placed in support accommodation to help them consider their support needs and their plans to move on from the service.<br><br>The Home Office does not hold data on the regions that Albanian women referred to the Salvation Army are from. This information is only held within individual <br>case records and can only be accessed through manual search. Similarly, we do not hold data on the reasons for pregnancy of women referred to the NRM. The Government recognises that effective reintegration support for victims is vital to help them move on with their lives and to prevent them from being exploited in the future. In addition, the Government is looking at what more that can be done to support victims, including supporting them to return to their home country where appropriate.<br><br>The Government is working closely with the Albanian Government to combat trafficking and support victims. In November 2013, the UK Government and the Albanian Government, working with the International Organization for Migration (IOM), established a voluntary return package for female victims of trafficking who wished to return to Albania. This package includes the provision of secure accommodation in Albania (with guards and social services on site), childcare assistance where required, and training or support to establish a business or enter the labour market. This provides the support and assistance required for victims who wish to return to Albania to rebuild their lives. The Albanian Government is also putting in place comprehensive measures to tackle trafficking, such as the establishment of a National Referral Mechanism and a dedicated police unit to tackle trafficking.<br><br>Albanians are visa nationals and as such they require a visa to enter the UK for any purpose. We have Risk and Airline Liaison Overseas Network staff posted around the world to assist carriers in identifying passengers that do not have the correct documents to enter the UK. We also have Border Force staff operating UK immigration controls in France and Belgium who will refuse entry to those seeking to enter the UK without the correct documentation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 16/06/2014 15:14:44 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 56 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	4081 label Biography information for Lord Evans of Rainow